International group exhibition "Trigger"

On 5 April at 18.00, the 2024 season of the EKKM will begin with the opening of international group exhibition 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 which is the first joint project of museum curators Evelyn Raudsepp and Maria Helen Känd.

On the opening night, 5 April at 17.00, the exhibition will host an curatorial tour in English with the participating artists.

On Saturday, 6 April at 14.00-18.00, it will be possible to meet curator Evelyn Raudsepp in the EKKM bar as part of the exhibition's public programme.

EKKM opens the season on 5 April with the international group exhibition Trigger, which is the first joint project by museum curators Evelyn Raudsepp and Maria Helen Känd. The idea of the exhibition was born as a reaction to the current times – to the situation where we are constantly witnessing the tense chaos of political crises – and subsequently from a need for emotional ventilation through metaphorical and poetic means. Trigger includes video works that have a deeply bodily presence, a site-specific sound installation charged with industrial energy, delicate, yet sharp kinetic sculptures, digital-synthetic paintings, and objects that break with the tradition of fashion and jewellery design. Trigger does not seek to offer relief for an already broken psyche in a dizzyingly fatal age, but invites to connect with the raw, intense and transformative.

Participating artists: (LA)HORDE (France), Adrian Kiss (Romania/Hungary), Bárbara Sánchez-Kane (Mexico), Cevdet Erek (Turkey), Darja Popolitova (Estonia), Hanna Antonsson (Sweden), Jacolby Satterwhite (USA), Mihkel Maripuu (Estonia) and Oona Doherty (Ireland).

This season, EKKM also launches a new performance and performing arts programme, which on the one hand resonates with the exhibitions, but on the other can also take the form of independent, non-serial art events that pop up according to need.

On 13 May dance performance Hope Hunt by the Irish choreographer Oona Hoherty will take place as part of the exhibition 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳. The performance is organized in cooperation with the Tallinn Creative Hub and will take place at their Cauldron Hall. More information and tickets will be available soon.

The exhibition is open from 6 April to 2 June, Mon-Sun 12.00-19.00.
Admission free.

Supporters: Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, City of Tallinn, French Institute in Tallinn, SAHA Association, Goethe Institute, AkzoNobel.

Additional information:
Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM)
Kursi 5, Tallinn
Free admission!
Wed–Sun 12.00–19.00